R. Barry Lewis

Background

Lewis, R. Barry was born on August 7, 1947 in Searcy, Arkansas, United States. Son of Lloyd Jones and Anna Ruth Lewis.

Education

Bachelor, U. Mississippi, 1969; Master of Arts, U. Missouri, 1973; postgraduate, U. New Mexico, 1973-1974; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1979.

Career

Research associate, Illinois State Museum Society, Springfield, 1973-1978; staff archaeologist, Mississippi State Highway Department, Jackson, 1974-1975; archaeologist, Office of State Archaeology, Lexington, Kentucky, 1979-1980; assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1980-1986; associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1986. Visiting lecturer University of Illinois, Urbana, 1977. Advisory board annual editions Physical Anthropology, Dushkin Public Group, Inc., Guilford, Connecticut, since 1995.

Achievements

• R. Barry Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy Archaeology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Friends of Champaign Public Library., since 1995. With United States Army, 1971-1973. Member Society for American Archaeology, Illinois Archaeolog.

Survey (president 1985-1987), Association Asian Studies, American Statistical Association, Southeastern Archaeol. Conference, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: kids, southern writers 1860-1950, cooking.

Connections

Married Shelia Dale Landreth, August 12, 1969 (divorced 1976). 1 child, Amanda; married Susan Murphy, November 19,1977. Children: Molly Ruth, Hannah Maureen.

Father:

Lloyd Jones Lewis

Mother:

Anna Ruth Lewis

Spouse:

Shelia Dale Landreth

Spouse:

Susan Murphy

child:

Molly Ruth Lewis

child:

Amanda Lewis

child:

Hannah Maureen Lewis